Welcome to the Islah Reparations Project

The Islah Reparations Project is a nonprofit that promotes grassroots reparations between those who recognize their complicity in structural violence and those who seek accountability from them. People of conscience are invited to put into action the words they speak and the goodwill they feel when considering their position in the global order and the violence wrought to sustain that position.

Reparations in Four Parts

Truth telling is essential to any reparations campaign. This is what distinguishes reparations from charity and from cover-ups. Simply throwing money and resources at suffering people without investigating the root causes of their suffering, without raising awareness, and without an effort to enact change that addresses those root causes is not justice at all. Read more about our model of grassroots reparations here.

Crowdsourcing is one way we engage the public in grassroots reparations efforts. And this isn't just a fancy way of saying "fundraising." We don't just crowdsource money, we also ask people to volunteer their labor and other forms of support. We believe in grassroots reparations—that is, reparations at the community level. And crowdsourcing makes that possible. Learn more about our philosophy of grassroots reparations here.

Doing reparations work can take many forms. Some give money, others offer their skilled labor. Logistics and advocacy work is essential to all reparations campaigns, and it doesn't require traveling to distant battlefields or emptying your bank account. Moving resources from one location to another is a complicated logistical venture that requires many hands. Similarly, advocacy work can take many forms, from writing press releases and reports to filing legal actions; but all of it is necessary. Here at Islah, no one earns a salary. All labor is volunteered as an act of reparations. Read more about our philosophy of grassroots reparations here.

We conceive of grassroots reparations as a process of social repair, which includes repairing damaged infrastructure, seeking accountability for crimes committed, and rectifying social injustice. To read more about our philosophy of grassroots reparations, go here.